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The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

Genetic Selection

Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement

By Staff, National Women's Law Center | 08.13.2025

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Human Genetic Modification

We Don’t Know if the Babies Born From Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Will Still Develop Mitochondrial Disease

By Katherine Drabiak, Journal of Medical Ethics Forum | 08.07.2025

^{Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at

National Human Genome Research Institute}

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

Assisted Reproduction

Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

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Dozens of States Sue to Block the Sale of 23andMe Personal Genetic Data

By Staff, The Associated Press | 06.10.2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to...

Policies

Crypto billionaire Brian Armstrong is ready to invest in CRISPR baby tech

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 06.05.2025

Brian Armstrong, the billionaire CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, says he’s ready to fund a US startup focused on...

Human Genetic Modification

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Parents Can Choose Genetic Makeup of Their Children With New IVF Option

By Isabel van Brugen, Newsweek | 06.05.2025

A U.S.-based biotech company has unveiled a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) option that allows parents to select embryos based...

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'Not a horse and pony show': At FDA cell and gene roundtable, officials look for ways to cut red tape

By Darren Incorvaia, Fierce Biotech | 06.05.2025

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Genomics

Kennedy Says ‘Charlatans’ Are No Reason to Block Unproven Stem Cell Treatments

By Christina Jewett, The New York Times | 06.05.2025

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared that he wanted to expand access to experimental therapies but conceded that...

Policies

First Personalized CRISPR Gene Editing Therapy Patient Baby KJ Discharged

By Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD, Inside Precision Medicine | 06.03.2025

On Tuesday, 307 days after he was first admitted to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), KJ Muldoon went home after...

Genetic Selection

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

By Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik, The New York Times | 05.30.2025

In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising...

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The Techno-Futuristic Philosophy Behind Elon Musk’s Mania

By Matthew Purdy, The New York Times | 05.29.2025

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Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by S.A. 3.0}

As Elon Musk...

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